Long-term Transit Timing Monitoring and Refined Light Curve Parameters of HAT-P-13b
Abstract
We present 10 new transit light curves of the transiting hot Jupiter HAT-P-13b, obtained during two observational seasons by three different telescopes. When combined with 12 previously published light curves, we have a sample consisting of 22 transit light curves, spanning 1041 days across four observational seasons. We use this sample to examine the recently observed large-amplitude transit timing variations (TTVs) by Pál et al. and give refined system parameters. We find that the transit times are consistent with a linear ephemeris, with the exception of a single transit time, from UT 2009 November 5, for which the measured mid-transit time significantly deviates from our linear ephemeris. The nature of this deviation is not clear, and the rest of the data do not show any significant TTVs.
- Publication:
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The Astronomical Journal
- Pub Date:
- September 2011
- DOI:
- 10.1088/0004-6256/142/3/84
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1105.5599
- Bibcode:
- 2011AJ....142...84F
- Keywords:
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- planetary systems;
- stars: individual: HAT-P-13;
- Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
- E-Print:
- accepted to AJ on 2011-07-14